Seemingly good news on the Jan Hejda front: though he didn’t practice Monday, coach Patrick Roy said he’s day-to-day, and that he was confident he’d be available for the start of the series. He’s got an upper-body injury, which could be to a hand.

Nick Holden played alongside Erik Johnson today, but assuming Hejda is coming back, he should be there with Johnson for the playoffs.

Roy even gave a little hope that John Mitchell could return against the Wild. Roy said he’s been feeling better every day since suffering a possible concussion last week. Roy said the coming days will determine Mitchell’s status.

Matt Duchene did not skate and is not expected to play in the first two games at minimum. We’ll just have to see what next week brings on Duchene’s status probably, but by next week he’ll be entering the fourth week of his rehab, and the original prognosis was four weeks for his MCL injury.